Check this page regularly for the Earth Sciences Seminar Series schedule as well as Special Seminars hosted by the Department.Microbial controls on biogeochemical carbon cycling in marine sediments
Rockfest Seminar Schedule
All seminars are in room 2093 of the Earth Sciences Centre, 22 Russell Street. Most talks are scheduled to start at NOON however, some Special Seminars will have other start times. Please check the schedule or event calendar!
ES Seminars Schedule 2018 – 2019
Time: Noon (unless otherwise stated)
Pace: ES2093 “Seminar Room”
| Date | Speaker | Host | Title |
| FALL TERM | |||
| 20 September 2018 | J. Westgate, H. Halls & M. Gorton University of Toronto | Bandelier Tuff (1.24 Ma) from the Valles caldera in New Mexico identified in southern Saskatchewan: a career-long problem solved | |
| 4 October 2018 | Shauna Morrison Carnegie Institution | Dan Gregory | Advanced Analytical and Visualization Applications in Mineral Systems |
| 10 October 2018 |
Joseph Kirschvink Caltech |
An Archean Origin of Earth’s Magnetic Biosphere: From the magnetotactic bacteria to the human brain | |
| 11 October 2018 | Pilar Lecumberri-Sanchez University of Alberta | Melissa Anderson | Fluid evolution in magmatic hydrothermal systems |
| 17 October 2018 | Patrick Launeau Université de Nantes | Pierre Robin | Monitoring shifting sands and low-growing vegetation in shallow turbid coastal water with LIDAR (LIght Detection And Ranging) and hyperspectral imagery |
| 1 November 2018 | Kennedy Doro FUGRO Consult GmbH | Charly Bank |
Modern Field Investigation Techniques for Environmental and Mining Applications |
| 15 November 2018 | John Thompson Cornell University and PetraScience Consultants | Russ Pysklywec | Metal demand, mineral deposits and sustainability |
| 6 December 2018 | John Spray Planetary and Space Science Centre University of New Brunswick | Hypervelocity impact effects on Earth: Past, present and future | |
| SPRING TERM | |||
| 17 January 2019 |
Eva Stueken St. Andrews University |
Dan Gregory | Interrogating the early signs of life on land |
| 7 February 2019 | John Weber Grand Valley State University | Ed Spooner | |
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21 February 2109 |
Nagissa Mahmoudi McGill University | Bridget Bergquist | Microbial controls on biogeochemical carbon cycling in marine sediments |
| 14 March 2019 | Carolyn Crow University of Colorado at Boulder | Becky Ghent | |
| 11 April 2019 |
Lijun Liu University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Qinya Liu |
How stable are continental cratons? Insight from the western Gondwan |
Other Seminars
KEGS Seminars are held in the Seminar Room – ES2093 during the regular term
Walker Mineralogical Club meets in ES2093 monthly.